Authors notes:

Hay guys… a lot of shit went down in my life ~_~ I apologize for this chapter…

Chapter 21: You never told me!?

Antonio looked at Lovino and Lovino looked at Antonio. Lovino snapped away from the spaniard's grasp and glared accusingly at him.

"Q-que?" Antonio studdered as the realization hit him tenfold; he hadn't known that his grip was tightening on Lovino.

Lovino wretched his hands out of Antonio's grasp and opened his mouth to yell but saw the nosy guests that had turned their way, "Follow me." He hissed angrily. When Antonio furrowed his brows in confusion, Lovino scowled and dragged him out to the balcony. He slammed the grand wooden doors shut and the only thing that came through was the loud music.

"Lovi-"

"DONT EVEN START! DAMMIT!" Lovino shouted furiously, his voice cracking. How could he allow this to happen? Right now, it should be easy to shoot him point blank, but it wasn't going to be. Lovino reached shakily into his dark colored suit.

Antonio felt his breathing fail. Lovino, his amor, was a Vargas? There was no way... and Elizaveth... what was her plan. What would she do? What would the Mafia think? Most importantly, What would Romania think? "Lovi... why? How? I mean-"

"S-Shut up!" Lovino yelled in frustration, pulling his silver revolver from his suit, How could he allow himself to get so attached to Antonio? "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" He continued as tears unwillingly fell off his face, "Why didn't you tell me?!"

Antonio blinked in shock at the revolver but then looked at Lovino in concern, "No lloras, I-I didn't want you to know what I did... I was afraid you would push me away.." he paused and the softness in his voice disappeared, "You didn't tell me either." He stated as he put his hands in his pockets.

"I didn't have to!" Lovino immediately blurted out defensively. He didn't have to tell Antonio anything. A small movement in front of him caught his attention and his golden eyes shifted to Antonio's hands in his pockets. An alarm bell went off in his head and he fired his revolver.

-In the Ballroom-

Matthew, Arthur and Alfred were sitting nervously at the table as music blared loudly from the many instruments. Matthew took a sip of his wine and scrunched up his nose. He wasn't old enough to drink but he was thirsty and it was the only thing available to the guests. He heard a bang and jumped in his seat with a yelp.

"Mattie, Mattie, what's wrong?" Alfred asked as soon as he heard Matthew yelp. Arthur also looked over to Matthew in concern.

Shaking his head, Matthew laughed nervously, "I-I just heard a noise." He said quietly, almost drowned out by the music, "Almost like a gunshot..." he added almost inaudibly.

"Gunshot?" Alfred asked, his face confused, scared and angry, "where?!" He demanded as he stood up and glanced frantically from side to side. Many of the seated guests looked up in confusion.

Arthur smiled at them and placed a hand on Alfred shoulder, pushing the American back down. "Another outburst and Giovanni will have your head!" He hissed in concern.

Matthew sweatdropped and shook his hands rapidly, "I-It was nothing!" He said hastily, "I'm sure it was nothing!"

Giving Matthew a suspicious look, Alfred pouted and began eating more delicious stuffed meatballs from the appetizer plate in front of them.

-Out on the Balcony-

Lovino felt the kick of his revolver and slowly opened his eyes. An intricately designed, beautiful vase was shattered in a mound of dark rich soil, deep crimson roses scattered around it.

Standing by the de-soiled rose plant and mountain of dirt, Antonio stood with a pistol in his hand, "ME DISPARATES! YOU SHOT AT ME!" He yelped in surprise. His amor had fired at him that meant that Antonio would have to fire back... but why?

"Yea I did!" Lovino yelled back shakily, "Bastardo! You didn't tell me, and your family fucked mine!" He shot the revolver again and shot the tree branches behind Antonio.

"Your family killed mine too!" Antonio protested angrily as he fired at the railing... his anger faded and his brain took over. Technically, Romulus killed Romania... so why where they fighting?

"Where the hell are you aiming?!" Lovino asked angrily, wiping furiously at his eyes. Who was this bastard, acting like he is too good to aim at him?

This whole thing was stupid... Antonio thought. "I dont want to hurt you-"

Lovino blinked twice and blushed before shaking his head, "Oh, you can't hurt me!" Lovino said mockingly before his voice turned venomous, "but it's ok to kill my nonno-"

"I DIDN'T DO IT LOVINO!" Antonio finally shouted, scaring Lovino. He had to show Lovino that it wasn't either of their faults. "AND YOU DIDN'T KILL ROMANIA!" Antonio made his way towards Lovino, "I'm sure they didn't want this..." he added quietly. Why was Lovino fighting so much?

Lovino held up his revolver again with tears in his eyes, "M-Maybe, but I don't care! His family must suffer! He didn't just betray Nonno, he betrayed the Vargas!" It didn't matter that Antonio didn't want to fight, easier for Lovino, right? Romania and Germania's families must suffer, even if he had feelings for one. He heard Antonio drop his gun and felt his revolver become heavy as Antonio placed his hand on the silver metal.

"S-STAY AWAY I WILL F-FUCKING SHOOT Y-YOU!" Lovino warned. He had to shoot Antonio, for Nonno, for Revenge.

"Lovi..-"

"I SAID FUCK OFF!" He snapped before pushing down on the trigger.

-In the Ballroom-

"So you and Matthew have been friends since preschool?"

Alfred smiled brightly and gave the Canadian a big side hug, "Yup! Nobody noticed him! He was just so quiet!"

"Unfortunately everyone, save for Alfred." Matthew said humorously as he blushed in Alfred's hold.

"Aw!" Alfred whined, "You love me anyways though!"

Matthew flushed, "O-of course I d-do!"

"We were inseparable!" Alfred began again, "But then when we moved to our new elementary school our group grew to three!" He stopped smiling and shook his head, "but we're back to two now..."

Matthew looked at the ground silently and Arthur frowned.

-On the Balcony-

Lovino felt his finger press against the cold metal of the trigger and was met with an empty click; he was out of bullets. Frustration, anger, confusion sadness and the feeling of defeat filled Lovino and he threw the revolver to the balcony's ground in rage. He began to sob; he couldn't do it.

Antonio reached for Lovino's hand but Lovino snapped his hand back. "Lovi... think about it." Antonio said softly as looked to the stars, "Do you think our family wants this for us?"

"Who gives a damn!" Lovino managed to say through gritted teeth, "T-This wasn't supposed to happen!"

"Why are you fighting this so much-"

"Why are you giving in so easily!" Lovino screeched, "How can you come to this decision so quickly!" Lovino began to shake violently, "Fuck." He whispered under his breath.

"Lovi-"

"Stay away from me." Lovino said firmly, although his voice cracked. He took in a few shaky breaths, "I-"

The music inside suddenly stopped and loud screams of terror and mercy filled the air. Antonio and Lovino glanced at each other before making a mad dash to the door. It was locked Lovino pulled desperately at the door handles, "MATTHEW, ALFRED, ARTHUR!" he screamed, "Fuck! Open up!"

'Lovi let ne tr-"

"LEAVE ME ALONE!"

"Lovino! Let me try, maybe I can open it! Please Lovi, look I don't know what my Mafia has in mind-"

"Bullshit you are Romania's son, the leader-"

"Not anymore… please Lovi, listen I'm not asking you to be my friend… I understand if you don't want to see me ever again, I lied and I am sorry, but cooperate with me for now, please?"

Lovino stayed silent, "I don't need any-"

Suddenly a gunshot rang throughout the quiet balcony and burned a hole into the wood door a few inches away from Lovino's head. Lovino quickly turned his head and in a higher part of the venician ballroom was a sniper; though it was dark, Lovino made out the shape of Mario, one of Giovanni's personal henchmen.

"He's not form my mafia…" Antonio said quietly as the sniper quickly slinked into the shadows, "I swear-"

"I know he's not from your mafia because… he's from mine."

Authors notes

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